Darwish Alabyad, Manet Lemuel-Clarke, Marlyn Antwan, Laura Henriquez, Samir Belagaje, Srikant Rangaraju, Ashlee Mosley, Jacqueline Cabral, Teri Walczak, Moges Ido, Patricia Hashima, Rana Bayakly, Kathyrn Collins, Loretta Sutherly-Bhadsavle, Cynthia Brasher, Elham Danaie, Patricia Victor, Deborah Westover, Mark Webb, Susana Skukalek, A M Barrett, Gregory J Esper, Fadi Nahab
BACKGROUND: The expansion of telemedicine associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced outpatient medical care. The objective of our study was to determine the impact of telemedicine on post-acute stroke clinic follow-up. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the impact of telemedicine in Emory Healthcare, an academic healthcare system of comprehensive and primary stroke centers in Atlanta, Georgia, on post-hospital stroke clinic follow-up. We compared the frequency of 90-day follow-up in a centralized subspecialty stroke clinic among patients hospitalized before the local COVID-19 pandemic (January 1, 2019- February 28, 2020), during (March 1- April 30, 2020) and after telemedicine implementation (May 1- December 31, 2020)...
June 21, 2023: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases: the Official Journal of National Stroke Association